In mid-July, more than two dozen visual artists gathered in Atlanta’s eyedrum gallery, working from sundown into the early morning hours. Huddled around tables stacked high with pens, brushes, tablets and books, some were busy sketching while others put finishing touches on their paintings. For many creatives, this kind of late-nighter is the anxious symptom of a looming deadline. But for the participants of High Contrast, this was just another casual Tuesday night.

“It’s like the best day of my week,” said illustrator Joe Havasy as he drafted thumbnails on loose-leaf paper. “I get to see all my friends that are artists and they inspire me and push me to go harder and do more interesting work.”

Founded in December 2023 by creative multihyphenate Dosa Kim, High Contrast began as a remed

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